Pistol grip movie camera attachment



March 10, 1942. G, F OLMSTEAD 2,275,644

PISTOL GRIP MOVIE CAMERA ATTACHMENT Filed Feb. 26, 1940 Patented Mar. TO, 1942 Q i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PISTOL GRIP MOVIE CAMERA ATTACHMENT George F. olmstead, Owosso, Mich.

Application February 26, 1940, Serial No. 320,915

1 Claim. (CI. 88-16) This invention relates to a pistolrgrip movie pistol grip to assist in supporting the weight of camera attachment and has for an object to prothe camera.

vide a combined support and pistol grip for oper- The body is provided in the top thereof, forating the camera in taking pictures to prevent wardly beyond the pistol grip, with a recess l6 of the fingers of the operator from getting ln front semi-circular longitudinal section to receive the of the lens when pushing in the starter button of rounded bottom 12 of the camera. The camera the camera and also to permit a much firmer is secured to, the body through the medium of a grip on the camera for pointing the camera than screw I! which is engaged through an opening I8 hitherto possible. extending upwardly from the bottom of the body.

A further object is to provide a device of this 10 The screw is threaded y engaged W the 00 character which will be formed of a few strong ventional threaded washer i3 of the camera and simple and durable parts, which will be inexpento accommodate this washer a recess 19 is formed sive to manufacture, and which will not easily in the bottom of th op ni l6 w h forms the get out of order. camera receiving seat.

With the above and other objects in view the n e o ate grOOVe 10 s ed in the bottom invention consists of certain novel details of conface of the body a s groove g s into an struction and combinations of parts hereinafter Opening 2| Which Op ugh the top face of fully described and claimed, it being understood th y- M n d W n the r ve is ethat various modifications may be resorted to 22 and mounted Within the Opening s a sta twithin the scope of the appended claim without ng bar 23. departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of e starting her s p v ed at a point betwee the advantages of the invention, its ends on a pivot pin 24 which extends trans- In the accompanying drawing forming a part versely through the body, and the' starting bar of this specification: extends upwardly from the body through the Figure 1 is a side elevation, with parts broken Opening 2| in advance of the ee 1 away, of a camera attachment constructed in ac- D end of the starting her is angled 'e w y cordance with the invention supporting a movie to provide a finger 25 to pt e W en camera, operated, to actuate the starter button ll of the Figure 2 is a front elevation of the parts shown Camera- The Starting is normally d i in Figure 1. inactive position by a helical spring 26 mounted Figure 3 is a fragmentary bottom plan view of in an openi 27 Which extends obliquely in t the camera supporting body of the device. y from the camera s l2v to t op nin 2|. Figure 4 is a top plan view of the device. The spring beers at the pp r end against a plu Referring now to the drawing in which like 28 inserted in the opening 21 and at the lower characters of reference designate similar parts end bears against e Sta 23 a eit in the various views, l0 designates a movie campivot p n era having the starter button ll projecting from The trigger is p d ermediate its ends on the front face of the camera case near the bota pivot-pin'n- The forward Portion 0f the trigtom thereof, the camera having the usual curved 22 curves upwar my and contacts with the bottom 2 equipped with a threaded washer '3 W rear side of the starting'bar 23 below its pivot to receive the usual Screw of a tripod pin 24. The rear portion 30 of the trigger ex- The device comprising the Subject matter of tends downwardly from the bottom face of the body H and forms a finger piece in advance of this invention includes a body H of substantially rectangular cross section and of slightly greater 4 2: plstol grip wltlilm convenient reach of v ger of the operators hand when the hand is width than the transverse width or thickness of closed upon the pistol grip '5 the camera case. The rear end of the body is In use the operator may 'hold the body H rounded to form a comfortablecheek rest when a steady against the cheek with Onehand by c1s the eye is placed against the view finder of the ing hi grip upon the pistol grip l5 and with the fl The y s provided With a pistol grip other hand grasping the body M from below, and I5 which extendsdownwal'dly from the rear end may easily sight the camera toward the object to of the body and is of sufficient length to permit be photographed. When the camera is to be the operator gripping the same firmly in one hand started, the finger piece 30 of the trigger is pulled while the other hand, when desired, may be to rock the forward end of the trigger against the placed underneath the body forwardly of the low end of the starting bar 23 and move the starting bar against the pressure of the spring 26 until the finger 25 of the starting bar presses the starter button I I of the camera. When the camera is to be stopped, the finger piece 30 is released and the pressure of the spring 26 against the starting bar returns the starting bar and the trigger to normal position.

From the above description it is thought that the construction and operation of the invention will be fully understood without further explanation.

What is claimed is:

A support for a motion picture camera comprising a body, a securing screw engaged through the body and adapted to be threaded into the bottom of a motion picture camera, a pistol grip extending downwardly from the rear end 0! the body, the rear end or the body extending beyond the pistol grip and being rounded to form a cheek rest, a trigger pivoted on the bottom or the body having a finger piece disposed in advance of the pistol grip, and a starting bar pivotally engaged intermediate its ends on said body in advance or the trigger, one end of the starting bar being in overlapping relationship with the trigger and the other end being disposed above the body, and a spring in the body engaging the starting bar and normally holding the trigger inactive, actuation of the trigger moving the starting bar to engage and depress the starting button of the camera.

GEORGE F. OLMSTEAD. 

